out a confession for lamar in which he says he stabs her to death the problem was is that she wasn't stepdad but the police did know that time so a few days later when the autopsy report comes out it reveals that she had superficial stab wounds but actually she'd been bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. it does not take the lawyers long to find the heavy object that allegedly killed the victim on the photos in the case file they notice that the toilet tank lid is not in the right place the likely murder instrument was the ceramic toilet tank with a heavy ceramic toy that had blood all over it that was found in the bedroom not too far christina brown's prints. after this the lawyers are convinced that lamar monson did not kill christina brown as such he could not have written the confession himself the team from the university of michigan then asked the judge in charge of the case for access to the objects that were present at the scene of the crime twenty years earlier. and in september two. thousand and sixteen two students and i went to the to the prosecutor's office where the toilet

in the book, you lost your stepdad at 13. fifteen you lost your mind. you are on your own. later on in life, when you are grown and living in the city, you get a message from your father, that he has been looking for you this entire time. he is in africa. then, you find out you have siblings. you didn't know any of this information. why do you think your mom picked you? she left so many others behind. she picked you to come to america. >> in the book i lay out my thought process of why my mom picked me and brought me there. for practical terms, i think it's because i was the youngest. i came to the u.s. when i was four years old. she couldn't leave her child behind. i was the least like we to be able to fend for myself. that is one of the reasons. >> what you think is the biggest taste of revenge. or, the biggest success. was that you finally being able to go to your country? or, being an american citizen. >> good question. i would say reframe it. i would not necessarily focused on the revenge part. but focusing on the success part. it's interesting. yes, being a u.s. citiz

. >> that's me and that's my stepdad. >> berkes: how long did youin spenining? >> 31 years. here's one. that was in '83. >> berkes:nd what made you stop mining? >> my health, i just couldn't, i got sick. s aid, "we don't want you to go back to work until you see a lung doctor." when i did get to see him, he eeid, you know, "you don't to go back underground." >> berkes: was that the firs time you learned that you had black lung? >> right. yeah, that's the first doctorid that ever "you've got black lung." i've had two or three x-ray technicians tell me they're thes worst set of lhey've ever seen. >> berkes: what kind of reaction did you have when you ard about that? >> (voicbreaking): you can't work. it's just like a light switch being turned on and turned off. all your plans that you had, you know, hunting and fishing and doing what you want to do, when that day comes, well, all of a sudden it's here and you can't. you don't have the air to do it. (birds chirping)il you know, i stl enjoy life, have a good me, get to play with my grandson, just not like i want to and like i us

mandatory sentences of life in prison with no possibility of parole it wasn't enough for ashlea's mom and stepdad. >> reporter: you wanted to see the death penalty? >> death penalty was what i wanted, is what monica wanted. and -- but it wasn't to be >> reporter: now they cling to memories of their ashlea >> reporter: tell me about the last time you saw your daughter, physically, in person. >> it was november >> reporter: about a week before she died, ashlea had invited monica to play bingo monica was busy, almost said no. but something told her to stop what she was doing and go. and, oh, is she glad she did >> and i walk into the bingo hall and, oh, my god, there set that little girl of mine and i smile at her and i walk over and i kiss the side of her neck and i tell her how much i love her >> you remember every syllable, every moment of that day, don't you? >> yes >> reporter: these days, monica is making new memories at the bingo parlor remember how skittish she was around ashlea's girlfriends at first? no longer. now, they're family. >> have a good weekend >> when monica and i go and get our

dad and then my mom remarried i think when i was in middle school to our cotter, so he was sort of my stepdad during my high school years. had a lot of great father figures in my life. host: where did you grow up? guest: in a town called prescott host: arizona? guest: yes, north of phoenix. host: how long did you live there? guest: almost my entire adolescence. i left when i turned 18, so i was there my entire schooling from five years old until he graduated high school. host: where did you go to college? guest: near dc at american university. host: why did you pick american? guest: i wanted to study international relations and it's funny because i left arizona, i think, wanting to explore the world and wanting to broaden my horizons and i had that travel bug and so i went to international relations as a way of having like a very wide view. the reason i think that's funny is because after a year in dc i was like man, i need to study something that i'm a little more rooted in and that i have a little more investment, so i sort of turned my focus back towards where i grew up, towards where i ca

now you got a stepdad? [ both chuckle ] lemonis: we have a deal? miranda: we have a deal? we have a deal. okay. -lemonis: congratulations. -miranda: thank you. lemonis: now, you know that for a period of time... layne: i know. -miranda: we know. -layne: you got us. lemonis: ...i am 100% in charge. miranda: we know. -layne: thanks again. -lemonis: thank you. what a good-looking group. [ laughter ] so, miranda and lane and i made a deal for me to invest $500,000. i'll own 20% of the business, and they accepted the fact that i was 100% in charge. and so we're going to challenge every single thing we do from coming up with consistent branding to developing new products. and then we want to take lanolin, the thing that made us who we are, and find new ways to expand on that. we're gonna look at manufacturing, and we're gonna potentially outsource it. what is your biggest fear? ashley: taking away my job security. woman: oh. -ashley: for sure. -[ all chuckle ] miranda: you will always have a job, no matter what. you've been with us for a long time, and, ashley, we're only gonna

school did this where they brought in restorative justice coordinator, his mother, his biological dad, stepdad, the psychologist and various members of the community. they sat in a circle for three hours and talked about why this happened and some of the root causes and what led him to have this loaded gun and it was interesting that in the beginning, he didn't want to be part of it. he very much resisted opening up in any way. but then by the end of it, he was very emotional and talking about how i mean his mom was struggling and they were on food stamps and if allocated to commit this robbery and get his mom money. and you know having this whole story unfold and instead of his unfolding in front of a judge that was sent him away, it was unfolding in the circle people that were promised to be there support him and at the end of the statement of this plan for him and who would be there for him at such and such a time. and then a follow-up later and he successfully graduated from high school and he has a decent job. i'm nothing everyone ends up like cedric. what is a story about how you can use

instead the school did this circleful brought to a restore consecutive justice coordinator, his mom, his stepdad, the school schoolist, the school principal and members of the community and sat in a circle for three hours and talked about why thissings happened and the root causes, and what has led him to have this loaded gun and what is interesting in the beginning he didn't want to be part of it and he very much resisted opening up in enough way, but then by the end he was very emotional and talking about how he had -- it's moving but a but his mom was struggling and they were on food stamps and he felt likely needed to commit this robbery to get his mom money, and having this whole story unfold and instead of his unfolding in front of a judge, who would send him away i it was unfolding in a group of people who promised to support him and they made up a plan for home and who we be there for him at such and sump other time and i followed up and the excels if there graduated from high school and has a decent job. it's a story how to use an alternative and oakland is trying to do that more and mo